Monday, August 09, 2010

It Happens Only in Mumbai

I got into taxi at Dadar station at 11:30 pm and reached home just before 00:00. The taximeter was showing 13.10. After increase in taxi and auto rickshaw fare rates I couldn’t calculate how much I need to pay for the meter reading 13.10. The taxi driver tried to look in his new rate card but because of darkness couldn’t read it properly so asked me to read the card. After having look at the card I told him its Rs 164 I will have to pay him and I paid the amount. But he got that I am making mistake in reading the card and asked me to read it again. He explained me that I should read regular column and not late night column. Now I read it again and told him the payable amount is Rs 146. He returned me the extra money that I paid to him.
Tell me can this happen anywhere else?
That's Mumbai Spirit. Every common person is responsible for it.